HYDROLOGIST RESUME EXAMPLE

Updated: Nov 28, 2025 - The Hydrologist serves as a key contributor to land management programs by conducting hydrologic analyses, stream condition surveys, and wetland delineations to support sustainable resource planning. This role designs and implements watershed and stream restoration projects, providing expert guidance on aquatic habitat protection and evaluating the impacts of land use on water quality and ecosystem health. The individual also leads interdisciplinary teams, contributes to environmental assessments, and supervises hydrology technicians to ensure successful project delivery.

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1. Hydrologist, Desert Watershed Solutions, Tucson, AZ

Job Summary: 

  • Support Refuges in their endeavor to meet their legal mandates related to the management of fish and wildlife habitats and populations, subsistence management, international treaties, and providing water of sufficient quality and quantity for these purposes
  • Prepare inventories and assessments of hydrologic and aquatic ecological conditions in Arctic environments to address refuge purposes
  • Conducting literature reviews
  • Collecting, compiling, analyzing and interpreting data
  • Developing, inventory and monitoring, research, and management plans
  • Drafting responses, reports, and reviews
  • Evaluating the effect of proposed actions on species and habitats
  • Entering data and conducting quality control reviews and querying databases to extract
  • Attending meetings, conferences, and site visits
  • Preparing maps and other geographical displays and analysis
  • Participating in workshops and scenario planning
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of management decisions on species and habitats


Skills on Resume: 

  • Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Habitat Assessment (Hard Skills)
  • Report Writing (Hard Skills)
  • Literature Review (Hard Skills)
  • Species Evaluation (Hard Skills)
  • Scenario Planning (Soft Skills)
  • Meeting Participation (Soft Skills)
  • Map Preparation (Hard Skills)

2. Hydrologist, Prairie Stream Consulting, Lincoln, NE

Job Summary: 

  • Inventory and characterization of hydrologic conditions
  • Conduct literature reviews and interviews or participate in workshops
  • Enter information into the appropriate documents/databases
  • Provide an analysis of the information
  • Provide subject matter expertise (hydrology, aquatic ecology, Arctic ecosystems, permafrost, changing Arctic ecosystems, and refuge management/policy) in the development of the Arctic NWR Inventory
  • Provide subject matter expertise to support the Conservation Standards planning process
  • Work with a team of refugees and other subject matter experts to develop a management and inventory and monitoring plan
  • Assist with identifying resource objectives and meaningful measures of ecosystem health
  • Identify threats and potential strategies to conserve aquatic resources and ecosystems
  • Identify information needs and propose methods of acquiring scientific data
  • Provide, as a subject matter expert, science planning recommendations related to potential oil and gas activities
  • Work with program biologists to ensure that proposed research projects are of sufficient scientific rigor and statistical design to provide meaningful results


Skills on Resume: 

  • Hydrologic Inventory (Hard Skills)
  • Literature Review (Hard Skills)
  • Data Entry (Hard Skills)
  • Information Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Expert Consultation (Soft Skills)
  • Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Threat Identification (Hard Skills)
  • Science Planning (Soft Skills)

3. Hydrologist, Appalachian Water Group, Asheville, NC

Job Summary: 

  • Supervise staff in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of surface water data
  • Plan and execute surface water data collection projects used to support the efforts of other projects within the KSWSC or throughout the agency
  • Provide guidance, direction, and leadership to co-workers and subordinates
  • Identify developmental needs of staff, evaluate performance using fair and objective standards, 
  • Establish priorities and assign work accordingly using clear and effective communication
  • Manage the resources of the Lawrence Field Office
  • Author and review scientific reports on topics related to surface water
  • Identifies, clarifies, defines, and expresses otherwise diffuse and obscure hydrologic problems and needs
  • Determines the overall nature, scope, and approach for water-resources investigations that will most effectively address hydrologic problems
  • Writes clear and authoritative interpretive technical articles and reports that document water-resource investigations
  • Undertakes other related tasks, including special hydrologic data collection, processing, and interpretive activities
  • Directs the work of lower-grade professionals and technical support personnel engaged in data collection activities, hydrologic and geologic data interpretation, and geophysical techniques
  • Operates a government vehicle as an incidental driver


Skills on Resume: 

  • Staff Supervision (Soft Skills)
  • Project Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Leadership Guidance (Soft Skills)
  • Performance Evaluation (Soft Skills)
  • Work Assignment (Soft Skills)
  • Scientific Writing (Hard Skills)
  • Problem Solving (Hard Skills)
  • Data Interpretation (Hard Skills)

4. Hydrologist, Cascadia Environmental Research, Eugene, OR

Job Summary: 

  • Support and participate in all open-pit and underground hydrogeology and dewatering operations essential to the safe execution of open-pit and underground mine plans
  • Reporting to the Superintendent of Hydrology and Water Services and working within the Mine Execution team
  • Day-to-day surveillance of open pit hydrogeological infrastructure (piezometers, wells, drains, and surface water) performance, evaluation, troubleshooting, and optimization
  • Support the integration of the surface water management plan with the Mine Planning and Operations teams
  • Day-to-day integration with the open pit and underground Geotechnical teams to ensure hydrogeological priorities are managed
  • Day-to-day surveillance of the underground drainage gallery dewatering system (development, drains, piezometers, and wells) performance, evaluation, troubleshooting, and optimization
  • Integrate Hydrology/Mine Water Service/Underground infrastructure with the short and mid-range Mine Planning/Operations teams
  • Coordinate with the Mine Planning and Operations teams to optimize mine plans that will protect the Hydrogeologic infrastructure and reduce costs
  • Hydrogeological support of open pit and underground infrastructure installations (piezometers, wells, and drains) and drilling operations (core, rotary, horizontal, and underground drilling)
  • Select open pit and underground piezometer installation depths and well plans based on available hydrogeological data (geology, geophysics, drilling information, etc.)
  • Plan and analyze open pit and underground airlift/pump testing to determine appropriate downhole instrumentation
  • Coordination of on-site contractor hydrogeologists for open pit and underground infrastructure installations
  • Review of open pit and underground drilling conditions to provide recommendations to ensure borehole targets are achieved
  • Analyze and evaluate both open pit and underground hydrogeological data


Skills on Resume: 

  • Hydro Ops Support (Hard Skills)
  • System Surveillance (Hard Skills)
  • Team Integration (Soft Skills)
  • Mine Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Infrastructure Support (Hard Skills)
  • Well Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Testing Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Data Evaluation (Hard Skills)

5. Hydrologist, River Valley Resources, Little Rock, AR

Job Summary: 

  • Access and obtain hydrological data for international project work, often in locations with poor or disrupted hydro-met records
  • Design hydrological monitoring programmes and present specifications for recording suitable water flow and hydrographic information
  • Handle and process rainfall event and stream flow information for a variety of different climatic settings, i.e., low frequency/high intensity rainfall events in arid settings and snowmelt and nival processes
  • Provide input into hydrological modelling and development of those models including parameterisation
  • Select appropriate hydrological analysis for baseline characterisation, stream diversion, industrial run-off, natural catchment descriptions, abstraction, and flood risk
  • Provide design parameters (functional level specifications) for surface water abstraction schemes including Run of River and Reservoir
  • Develop minimum ecological flow rates for projects affected by development and abstractions
  • Complete hydrological studies for mining projects to relevant standards and levels suitable for Scoping, PFS, and DFS studies, and the counterpart ESIA studies for mid-tier mining projects
  • Responsible for hydrological analysis and preparation of relevant technical and non-technical reports to accompany this analysis
  • Input into UK-based flood projects to the relevant standards for planning applications
  • Input into the preparation of technically and commercially astute proposals for studies to support the development of international mining operations
  • Undertake infrequent, short-duration, international and UK-based quarry, landfill, development, and mine visits to support the production of technical deliverables


Skills on Resume: 

  • Data Acquisition (Hard Skills)
  • Program Design (Hard Skills)
  • Data Processing (Hard Skills)
  • Model Input (Hard Skills)
  • Flow Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Design Support (Hard Skills)
  • Ecological Flow (Hard Skills)
  • Technical Reporting (Hard Skills)

6. Hydrologist, Southern Aquifer Consulting, Macon, GA

Job Summary: 

  • Analyse, manage, and interpret data using GIS software (ArcGIS, MapInfo, QGIS) and analytical tools (R and Python)
  • Contribute own innovative ideas, challenging the norm, and helping all deliver better solutions for clients
  • Work with, lead, and/or direct multi-disciplinary teams to deliver client outcomes
  • Write and review technical reports to convey key messages, derived from complex technical documentation, simply and clearly
  • Contribute to an engaged and supportive team environment with active involvement in mentoring and professional development (of self and others)
  • Develop technical scopes, support programme and budget-setting, and gain approvals
  • Help win new work and support the management of projects and teams
  • Prepare proposals, develop work plans and budgets and manage projects/tasks
  • Perform engineering calculations and develop hydrologic and hydraulic models for mining applications using GoldSim and other modelling applications
  • Design of hydraulic structures related to mine water management
  • Support the development of contaminant transport models to support environmental impact assessments, remedial evaluations and risk assessments
  • Work with multi-disciplinary teams on baseline and impact assessment projects, feasibility studies, groundwater and surface water assessments and contaminant investigations, and rehabilitation projects
  • Prepare technical reports and client presentations summarizing project work, findings and recommendations
  • Follow safe work practices and adhere to company and client guidelines and policies for planning and executing work in a safe manner


Skills on Resume: 

  • GIS Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Innovative Thinking (Soft Skills)
  • Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Report Writing (Hard Skills)
  • Mentorship Support (Soft Skills)
  • Project Management (Hard Skills)
  • Hydraulic Design (Hard Skills)
  • Impact Assessment (Hard Skills)

7. Hydrologist, Great Basin Water Studies, Reno, NV

Job Summary: 

  • Assess daily and seasonal water demands to determine dam releases and weir operation, monitor water usage, reschedule customer water orders, monitor stream flow and storage levels
  • Identify and implement opportunities for improved operational performance and devise short and medium-term system configuration plans
  • Deliver assigned projects including water portfolio responsibilities
  • Plan and implement the operation of systems daily
  • Prepare Hydrology Impact Assessments on the likely impacts of proposed projects
  • Scoping, coordinating and supervising water quality assessments
  • Flood Risk Modelling and Assessment
  • Present expert witness at Oral Hearing
  • Managing and mentoring junior staff
  • Collect, interpret, and analyze a range of hydrologic data
  • Participate in investigating water quality and/or quantity
  • Measure the frequency of inundation, watershed erosion, sediment transportation, and other data collection
  • Analyze and develop river volume or flood forecasts for non-complex basins
  • Contribute to team efforts to implement landscape-level projects to restore watersheds, improve water quality, and protect federal rights
  • Operating a government motor vehicle as an incidental driver, and a small watercraft


Skills on Resume: 

  • Water Demand (Hard Skills)
  • System Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Impact Assessment (Hard Skills)
  • Flood Modeling (Hard Skills)
  • Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Team Mentoring (Soft Skills)
  • Watershed Restoration (Hard Skills)
  • Project Delivery (Hard Skills)

8. Hydrologist, Pine River Engineering, Bangor, ME

Job Summary: 

  • Serves as a lead programmer on multiple Graphical User Interface (GUI)-driven hydrologic data collection, processing, and data visualization software applications written in Python and R
  • Leads the migration of multiple hydrologic data collection and processing software applications written in a variety of languages (including MATLAB, Python, and R) to a sustainable and consistent code base
  • Identifies and manages long-term hydrologic software maintenance needs
  • Documents the hydrologic software code and writes guidance and software user manuals
  • Serves as an advisor and trainer for other USGS staff in Python and R programming for hydrologic data collection, processing, and analysis
  • Writes project proposals and project planning documents for new software development needs, with an understanding of hydrologic data collection and processing procedures
  • Uses standard methods and protocols to make stream discharge measurements
  • Configures, installs and maintains standard sensing, recording and communications equipment
  • Calibrates, maintains and repairs stormwater monitoring equipment
  • Performs quality assurance of field data and assures compliance with technical standards
  • Performs field water quality analyses
  • Collects, processes and prepares water quality samples for laboratory analyses
  • Uses remote sensing techniques (GPS/GIS) to locate stormwater infrastructure in compliance with state and federal permits
  • Assists with the preparation of graphs, tables, maps and data summaries for publication


Skills on Resume: 

  • Software Development (Hard Skills)
  • Code Migration (Hard Skills)
  • System Maintenance (Hard Skills)
  • User Documentation (Hard Skills)
  • Technical Training (Soft Skills)
  • Project Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Equipment Calibration (Hard Skills)
  • Remote Sensing (Hard Skills)

9. Hydrologist, High Plains Water Solutions, Lubbock, TX

Job Summary: 

  • Evaluate and incorporate the latest developments in the field of water resource planning into technical guidelines for the Bureau and tribal water resources programs
  • Provide authoritative advice and alternatives for decision making within established Bureau, Departmental, and Federal policies, guidelines, instructions, and Executive Orders
  • Assists and advises the Project Administrator and or the Northwest Regional Director in the development, implementation, and oversight of guidelines for water rights/resource issues
  • Assists and advises the Project Administrator and or the Northwest Regional Director in all matters that pertain to various technical support projects for the Division
  • Develops recommended policies, instructions, and guidelines for the Bureau’s Program
  • Meets, cooperates and consults with personnel in the other bureaus/services in the Department, Federal and non-federal agencies regarding Water and Power Program issues of common interest and makes specific recommendations to achieve proper goals
  • Reviews field input regarding Water and Program water rights/resources to ensure compliance with Bureau, Departmental, and Federal policies and guidelines
  • Makes recommendations to the Project Administrator and or the Northwest Regional Director for the formulation and implementation of such
  • Initiates in-depth analysis of the Irrigation Program to identify weaknesses, determine changes, and provide planning direction
  • Report results to the Project Administrator and or the Northwest Regional Director for inclusion in developing and implementing activities to accomplish program objectives
  • Makes oral presentations to governmental conferences, Tribal groups, and other organizations as required and directed by the Project Administrator and or the Northwest Regional Director related to the Irrigation Program
  • Comply with OMB circular A-123, Internal Control Systems, and other directives that ensure control of waste, fraud, and abuse
  • Participates in OTS Interdisciplinary Evaluations of area offices as described in the BIAM Supplement
  • Makes trips to the field to provide technical guidance and assistance to the Regional and Field
  • Collects, organizes, analyzes pertinent data, generates models and provides appropriate output to fit the necessary audience, both technical and non-technical


Skills on Resume: 

  • Policy Development (Hard Skills)
  • Strategic Advising (Soft Skills)
  • Technical Oversight (Hard Skills)
  • Program Evaluation (Hard Skills)
  • Interagency Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Compliance Review (Hard Skills)
  • Public Speaking (Soft Skills)
  • Data Modeling (Hard Skills)

10. Hydrologist, Ozark Environmental Services, Springfield, MO

Job Summary: 

  • Deploys and maintains high availability and quality of pressure transducers, vibrating wire piezometers and telemetry equipment
  • Interprets and reports hydrologic data and observations
  • Assist with the design, construction, development, testing and rehabilitation of dewatering wells
  • Assist with the planning and implementation of current and future drilling programs
  • Assist with hydrologic investigations
  • Performs Workplace Exams and documents Safe Working Conditions
  • Responsible for fixing safety issues when identified or stopping work when hazardous conditions persist
  • Manage the Geodatabase and spatial analysis
  • Develop a conceptual hydrogeologic model 
  • Construct and calibrate numerical models
  • Set up and run inverse models using PEST and pilot point parameterization
  • Post-processing of model outputs including preparation of maps, charts, tables, and narratives


Skills on Resume: 

  • Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
  • Data Interpretation (Hard Skills)
  • Well Development (Hard Skills)
  • Drilling Support (Hard Skills)
  • Safety Compliance (Soft Skills)
  • Spatial Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Model Calibration (Hard Skills)
  • Output Reporting (Hard Skills)

11. Hydrologist, Clearwater Hydrologic Services, Missoula, MT

Job Summary: 

  • Undertaking project delivery tasks as defined by the Project Manager/Team Leader, which may include calculations, drawings, sketches and reports, etc. as well as site investigations
  • Working within agreed deliverables, key milestones, project methodology, quality assurance and control strategies
  • Being aware of project needs and taking personal responsibility to work to deliver these to agreed time, cost and quality requirements, taking guidance
  • Assessing, documenting and communicating design changes to the Project Manager/Team Leader
  • Ensuring that all work is carried out in full compliance with the Company’s Integrated Management Systems (IMS)
  • Complying with Sweco’s health and safety policies at all times
  • Providing technical guidance, support and training to colleagues
  • Working in close collaboration with and supporting colleagues from other disciplines 
  • Recommending/implementing improvements to technical policy, processes and design solutions, and share via the knowledge management channels 
  • Conceiving, designing and managing projects
  • Providing advanced-level advice and guidance to project teams and clients
  • Leading the preparation of proposals
  • Coordinating work programmes and direction of resources for projects
  • Providing technical inputs across projects


Skills on Resume: 

  • Project Delivery (Hard Skills)
  • Quality Control (Hard Skills)
  • Design Management (Hard Skills)
  • Health Compliance (Soft Skills)
  • Team Support (Soft Skills)
  • Cross-Disciplinary Work (Soft Skills)
  • Proposal Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Technical Leadership (Soft Skills)

12. Hydrologist, Northern Flow Analytics, Bismarck, ND

Job Summary: 

  • Site water management, water balance investigations, flood studies, rainfall-runoff modelling, hydraulic modelling, surface-groundwater interactions, water quality modelling and management, and dam hydrology
  • Concept and detailed design of road and railway culverts, bridges, floodways, road drainage, flood levees, dams and major diversions for large-scale linear infrastructure, mining and hydrocarbon projects
  • Concept and detailed design of urban and industrial stormwater drainage systems incorporating Water Sensitive Urban Design principles
  • Understand the processes determining the eco-hydrologic state and fluxes at point, plot, hillslope, and watershed scales, as well as water-soil-plant interactions, soil erosion, and resource sustainability
  • Analyze the long-term Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed (WGEW) dataset
  • Design and test new instrumentation to address channel and upland erosion and sedimentation in the Southwest
  • Design and supervise field experiments on rangeland soil-vegetation associations, developing new or improving existing simulation models, and integrating the results of these activities into tools to improve semiarid soil and water management
  • Establish and maintain collaborations with scientists from the research unit on technical matters concerning water-soil-plant interactions on the hydrologic cycle and improving erosion science and modeling for dryland regions
  • Represent ARS to other federal and non-federal agencies, research partners in the area of research expertise
  • Conduct independent and team research to improve models of infiltration, runoff, erosion and sedimentation processes on rangelands


Skills on Resume: 

  • Water Modeling (Hard Skills)
  • Infrastructure Design (Hard Skills)
  • Stormwater Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Ecohydrology Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Data Utilization (Hard Skills)
  • Instrumentation Design (Hard Skills)
  • Field Experimentation (Hard Skills)
  • Scientific Collaboration (Soft Skills)

13. Groundwater Hydrologist, Red Rock Hydrology, Santa Fe, NM

Job Summary: 

  • Conducting scientific hydrogeological investigations to ensure that accurate and appropriate information is available for use in water resource management decisions, specifically, statutory model simulations
  • Develop groundwater models, water budget analysis, model-related data evaluations, and documentation of related activities
  • Studying and documenting quantities, distribution, disposition, and development of groundwater and surface waters in support of groundwater modeling
  • Maintaining and preparing records and reports and presenting technical evaluations and plans
  • Manage Water quality, catchment and Water Framework Directive assessment
  • Searching for and organising data and information
  • Contributing to technical reports and presentations
  • Supporting the development of proposals for new projects
  • Carry out quantitative and qualitative flood risk assessments at specific areas of interest (main focus on urban areas), which include the following tasks
  • Set up and calibrate/validate flood models to simulate different flood scenarios based on current and future conditions (based on different climate projections), to quantify the pluvial and fluvial flood hazard at present and in future time horizons
  • Characterize the assets exposed to floods and estimate damage functions based on their features
  • Combine hazard, exposure and vulnerability to evaluate the (monetized) flood risk at present and in future time horizons
  • Propose different flood mitigation measures and assess the benefit (reduction of risk) and cost of implementing such measures, based on the recalculation of the flood risk once the measures are implemented in the flood models


Skills on Resume: 

  • Hydro Investigations (Hard Skills)
  • Groundwater Modeling (Hard Skills)
  • Water Budgeting (Hard Skills)
  • Technical Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Data Management (Hard Skills)
  • Flood Assessment (Hard Skills)
  • Risk Evaluation (Hard Skills)
  • Mitigation Planning (Hard Skills)

14. Hydrologist, Midwest Watershed Partners, Madison, WI

Job Summary: 

  • Develop and update a geo-referenced water database, including weather and recharge information, other users in the basin(s), monitoring data (flows, levels and water quality), etc.
  • Plan and implement the acquisition of new data, such as monitoring/sampling campaigns, geophysical surveys, drilling, remote sensing, automated monitoring, etc.
  • Evaluate potential water sources such as areas, achievable flow and total volume or years of operation, main features and risks
  • Modeling of Basin Water balance and potential impacts
  • Integrate hydrology into geotechnical designs and process engineering design as part of the integrated project development team 
  • Produce reports supporting the technical evaluation, environmental assessment and permitting of the project
  • Plan, budget and coordinate the work of third parties on the above-mentioned activities
  • Manage, train, and mentor site hydrology teams on data collection and data interpretation
  • Manage contractors and consultants


Skills on Resume: 

  • Water Database (Hard Skills)
  • Data Acquisition (Hard Skills)
  • Source Evaluation (Hard Skills)
  • Basin Modeling (Hard Skills)
  • Design Integration (Hard Skills)
  • Report Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Team Management (Soft Skills)
  • Contractor Oversight (Soft Skills)

15. Hydrologist, Chesapeake Stream Management, Frederick, MD

Job Summary: 

  • Perform hydrological studies, including watershed studies, hydrological modelling, hydro-climatological statistical analyses, climate change impact assessment and assessment of flooding-related risks, impacts and adaptation measures
  • Design hydraulic infrastructures such as dikes and dams, spillways, weirs, water intakes, ditches or canals, culverts, retention/holding ponds, and pumping stations
  • Carry out or have carried out one-, two- and three-dimensional hydraulic simulations
  • Prepare hydrological and mass balance reports
  • Evaluate hydrological conditions for water quality, treatment and environmental monitoring
  • Design and install measurement stations and equip them with instrumentation
  • Design water treatment systems and size the equipment
  • Contribute to design reviews, preparation of plans and estimates
  • Prepare proposals and preparation of applications for permits and authorizations with government authorities


Skills on Resume: 

  • Hydro Studies (Hard Skills)
  • Infrastructure Design (Hard Skills)
  • Hydraulic Simulation (Hard Skills)
  • Condition Evaluation (Hard Skills)
  • Station Installation (Hard Skills)
  • Treatment Design (Hard Skills)
  • Design Review (Hard Skills)
  • Permit Preparation (Hard Skills)

16. Hydrologist, Inland Water Science Group, Spokane, WA

Job Summary: 

  • Provides technical data, expert advice, or recommendations to senior leadership
  • Plans, executes, and reports on projects that extend or modify existing theories and concepts in the field
  • Plans, reviews, and evaluates investigations which include statistical, mathematical, time series and other water quantity and quality modeling
  • Implements both scientific and administrative controls over programs
  • Designs and executes interdisciplinary water resources studies for large regions of the United States
  • Provides support for multi-year science planning efforts of the Integrated Water Availability Assessments (IWAA) Program of the USGS Water Mission Area
  • Develop novel approaches to complex hydrologic problems
  • Plan and execute hydrodynamic modeling studies
  • Assembles, evaluates, and prepares physical, chemical and biological datasets for analysis from a range of data sources
  • Conduct model simulations to understand natural and anthropogenic influences on hydrodynamic processes in complex environments
  • Publish study findings in reports and peer-reviewed journal articles


Skills on Resume: 

  • Expert Advising (Soft Skills)
  • Project Execution (Hard Skills)
  • Model Evaluation (Hard Skills)
  • Program Oversight (Soft Skills)
  • Regional Studies (Hard Skills)
  • Science Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Problem Solving (Hard Skills)
  • Data Analysis (Hard Skills)

17. Senior Hydrologist, Blue Ridge Water Consulting, Roanoke, VA

Job Summary: 

  • Assists in the maintenance, evaluation, modification and acquisition of FEWS-related hardware and software
  • Recommends flow measurement techniques for new and existing monitoring sites
  • Develops plans for new monitoring sites and performs quality assurance of field data
  • Serves as a primary on-call FEWS operator
  • Monitoring weather, responding to system pages, and closely coordinating with Homeland Security and Emergency Management ( HSEM ) duty officers and other emergency management operators
  • Prepares graphs, tables, maps and data summaries for internal and external stakeholders
  • Participates in and prepares presentations for public outreach, public meetings and for other internal and external stakeholders 
  • Collaborates with Communications and Technology Management ( CTM ) Wireless Communication Services Division ( WCSD ) staff on FEWS-related hardware and software upgrades, equipment installations and repair
  • Participates in training, exercises and drills as requested by WPD, other City departments, HSEM, LCRA or other state/local jurisdictions


Skills on Resume: 

  • System Maintenance (Hard Skills)
  • Flow Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Field QA (Hard Skills)
  • Emergency Response (Soft Skills)
  • Data Visualization (Hard Skills)
  • Public Engagement (Soft Skills)
  • Tech Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Drill Participation (Soft Skills)

18. Hydrologist, Platte River Hydrology, Grand Island, NE

Job Summary: 

  • Utilize AutoCAD Civil 3D, GIS, LiDAR and other software to analyze drainage basins
  • Prepare permit submittals for impacts to the 100-Year Floodplain including compensation
  • Create and finalize designs of water, storm sewer, and sanitary sewer systems using local criteria and common engineering design equations
  • Support the Civil Engineering group with grading, drainage including plan preparation, report writing and other services
  • Prepare Survey Scope of Work and submit to the Surveying Consultants to accomplish design tasks
  • Attend meetings with clients, city/county staff, metropolitan drainage groups and state agencies
  • Coastal flooding and impact analysis
  • Manage multiple project assignments with various deadlines through to completion within the allocated period and the monetary budget assigned
  • Lead, develop and support a team of hydrologists, water resource engineers and hydrogeologists
  • Lead and assist in guiding hydrological studies and flood assessments in both the urban water management sector and the resource sector in WA
  • Urban water management assessments and approvals


Skills on Resume: 

  • Drainage Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Permit Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • System Design (Hard Skills)
  • Engineering Support (Hard Skills)
  • Stakeholder Meetings (Soft Skills)
  • Flood Impact (Hard Skills)
  • Project Management (Soft Skills)
  • Team Leadership (Soft Skills)

19. Hydrologist, Delta Water Resources, Vicksburg, MS

Job Summary: 

  • Serves as a subject matter expert for the Center for a broad geographic area with multiple watersheds
  • Provides current information on policy, resource management, and technical requirements
  • Trains personnel in the area of expertise, including advanced techniques of data collection and analysis
  • Serves as an authoritative source of consultation for other scientists and program specialists
  • Develops approaches, standards, methods, guides, and procedures for conducting interpretive studies
  • Develops, modifies, and utilizes complex interrelated databases and applications to maintain hydrologic data for conducting operational support and planning analysis
  • Reconciles differences in approach or scope of study objectives
  • Develop a comprehensive and scientifically sound report that can be used for broad-ranging or controversial water resource management or water rights decision-making
  • Operates a government-owned or leased vehicle as an incidental driver


Skills on Resume: 

  • Subject Expertise (Soft Skills)
  • Policy Guidance (Soft Skills)
  • Staff Training (Soft Skills)
  • Scientific Consulting (Soft Skills)
  • Study Design (Hard Skills)
  • Database Management (Hard Skills)
  • Scope Resolution (Soft Skills)
  • Report Development (Hard Skills)

20. Hydrologist, Greenbrier Environmental Solutions, Charleston, WV

Job Summary: 

  • Plan, guide, coordinate, and review the Water Use and Evapotranspiration program 
  • Develop approaches for computing water use datasets for all water rights in Oregon
  • Guide the Department in the application of satellite-based ET datasets to Department functions
  • Work with other WRD staff and in partnership with OpenET to design
  • Implement an outreach strategy and development plan for the Water Use and ET program
  • Develop and apply quality control standards for the review of remotely sensed and other water use data
  • Develop, become an expert in, apply, and train others in the appropriate use of remotely sensed ET data 
  • Perform scientifically defensible hydrologic analyses to support Department decisions
  • Producing and supervising the creation of FEH Calculation Records
  • Analyse hydrometric data (including rating curve analysis)
  • Manage fluvial hydraulic modelling projects
  • Produce and supervise the creation of fluvial hydraulic models (1D, linked 1D-2D and 2D)
  • Prepare and review detailed technical reports
  • Assist in preparing tenders/proposals
  • Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, comprising a variety of specialists
  • Liaise with (local and national) flood risk agencies


Skills on Resume: 

  • Program Planning (Soft Skills)
  • Dataset Development (Hard Skills)
  • Satellite Application (Hard Skills)
  • Outreach Strategy (Soft Skills)
  • Quality Control (Hard Skills)
  • ET Training (Soft Skills)
  • Hydrologic Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Model Supervision (Hard Skills)

21. Hydrologist, Driftless Basin Consulting, Decorah, IA

Job Summary: 

  • Provide local leadership, in coordination with the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the Farm Service Agency, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, implementation of the Harney Valley Groundwater CREP program
  • Providing technical assistance, program outreach, and consultation with landowners and partner agencies
  • Lead OWRD involvement in the Harney Valley Groundwater CREP program
  • Coordinate with Water Rights, Field, Groundwater, and Planning and Fiscal/Contracting section staff to establish and implement application processes, lines of communication, and relevant agency determinations
  • Determine project eligibility for groundwater irrigated parcels, monitoring and validating irrigation reduction using field observations and remotely sensed data, and documenting compliance
  • Coordinate annual reporting, in coordination with Groundwater staff, on CREP implementation and its influence on groundwater management targets
  • Assist with the development of tools and resources to use remotely sensed ET data for the CREP program
  • Assist with the development of tools and resources to support landowner participation in the CREP program
  • Analyze and summarize surface water flow and water use information in support of special studies, evaluations of existing and future uses of surface water, flood frequency analyses, low flow frequency analyses, and other standard hydrologic analyses
  • Assist with the development and analysis of hydrologic models to inform technical studies and potential strategies to reduce groundwater use, and work with the Groundwater staff to build understanding of groundwater conditions among the public
  • Supports the design, identification, and implementation of surface water data and water use data collection for special studies in collaboration with surface water and field staff
  • Collaborate with external agencies on the development of technical products and public information products related to agency programs and studies


Skills on Resume: 

  • Program Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Technical Outreach (Soft Skills)
  • Application Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Eligibility Assessment (Hard Skills)
  • Annual Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Tool Development (Hard Skills)
  • Hydrologic Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Agency Collaboration (Soft Skills)

22. Hydrologist, Rocky Prairie Waterworks, Helena, MT

Job Summary: 

  • Review groundwater permit applications in assigned areas and make recommendations to the State Engineer
  • Inspect completed water projects for permit compliance and perfection
  • Document, organize, analyze and interpret hydrologic data
  • Provide technical advice on water resource problems and complaints
  • Conduct water resource investigations and studies
  • Supervise the subsurface exploration group in drilling test holes and installing monitoring wells in project areas
  • Work closely with other members of the Science and Analytics Team to model land management actions related water the quantity and quality of surface and groundwater
  • Contribute hydrologic and watershed modeling expertise to the development and enhancement of the Trust's quantitative framework for decision-making and outcome tracking
  • Apply and adapt existing models to assign and quantify impact and benefit values from land and water use changes
  • Use satellite imagery and other remotely sensed geospatial datasets and analytical tools to understand complex landscapes and predict future outcomes
  • Develop feedback loops so project data can be used to inform the Trust's quantitative framework
  • Provide analytical support to flow-related monitoring and field work, including development of hydrographs, analyzing water rights/gage data, and providing technical assistance
  • Contribute to analytical deliverables and visual representation of work product


Skills on Resume: 

  • Permit Review (Hard Skills)
  • Project Inspection (Hard Skills)
  • Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Technical Advising (Soft Skills)
  • Investigation Support (Hard Skills)
  • Model Application (Hard Skills)
  • Remote Sensing (Hard Skills)
  • Visual Reporting (Hard Skills)

23. Senior Hydrologist, Sandhills Hydrologic Services, Scottsbluff, NE

Job Summary: 

  • Manage the delivery of projects or act as a specialist discipline lead within a multidisciplinary team
  • Maintain client contact for project delivery and ensure that project delivery meets the client's objectives and requirements
  • Ensure that the technical content of all work carried out is correct and completed by agreed timescales and budgets
  • Undertake project delivery tasks, which may include calculations, drawings, sketches, and reports, etc., as well as site investigations
  • Provide technical guidance, support and training to colleagues and assist, where practicable, in mentoring and development of others
  • Work in close collaboration with colleagues from other disciplines 
  • Lead or assist with the development of marketing material and the submission of pre-qualification questionnaires and expressions of interest
  • Participate in the preparation/presentation of proposals/bids, including estimating timescales and costs for proposed works
  • Cultivate new clients and develop services with existing clients, in particular services relating to their areas of technical expertise


Skills on Resume: 

  • Project Management (Soft Skills)
  • Client Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
  • Site Investigation (Hard Skills)
  • Staff Mentoring (Soft Skills)
  • Cross Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Proposal Development (Soft Skills)
  • Client Development (Soft Skills)

24. Hydrologist, Coastal Watershed Group, Pensacola, FL

Job Summary: 

  • Serves as an integral member and leader of the aquatics team for the Craig Ranger District
  • See the Additional Information section for additional information
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  • Provide support for a wide variety of land management programs including timber, watershed restoration and recreation management
  • Provide expertise in watershed restoration planning, watershed protection, and stream restoration within the framework of multi-use management
  • Design and implement restoration projects utilizing contracts and partnerships
  • Provide advice and develop plans related to the protection and management of aquatic resources including stream restoration, fish passage, stream inventory, stream productivity, stream function, physical characteristics etc.
  • Conduct hydrologic analysis for cooperative watershed projects, while consulting with other resource specialists in assessing the impacts of proposed programs and projects on watershed values
  • Participate in hydrologic/geomorphic investigations required for planning and design of timber and landscape level projects such as stream condition surveys, wetlands delineation, erosion surveys and road condition surveys
  • Function as an interdisciplinary NEPA specialist in the development of environmental assessments or environmental impact statements
  • Conduct wetland delineations according to established protocols
  • Inventory existing erosion problems and assess the potential for proposed land use projects to affect stream health, water quality, wetlands and erosion rates
  • Supervise permanent and seasonal hydrology technicians


Skills on Resume: 

  • Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Restoration Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Project Design (Hard Skills)
  • Aquatic Management (Hard Skills)
  • Hydrologic Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Field Investigation (Hard Skills)
  • Environmental Review (Hard Skills)
  • Staff Supervision (Soft Skills)

25. Hydrologist, Rainshadow Hydrology, Bend, OR

Job Summary: 

  • Provide technical support on projects
  • Participate in project teams
  • Assist in the preparation of proposals, contract documentation and technical specifications
  • Liaise with suppliers, clients, consultants concerning field investigations, design, installation or construction and commissioning of assigned work
  • Participate in the planning and implementation of projects
  • Responsible for working within the provisions and guidelines of Advisian’s Quality Assurance System
  • Responsible for personal safety and safe working practices for Advisian’s I&E CSG
  • Understand and follow OH&S procedures
  • Execute field investigations including drilling supervision, groundwater sampling, surface water sampling, infiltration testing, etc.
  • Manage field programs and water monitoring programs and associated data
  • Draft water management report including urban water management reports such a DWMS, LWMS and UWMP
  • Providing knowledgeable advice on the water management challenges and approvals process in WA
  • Providing conceptual advice on practical water management solutions


Skills on Resume: 

  • Technical Support (Hard Skills)
  • Team Participation (Soft Skills)
  • Proposal Preparation (Soft Skills)
  • Stakeholder Liaison (Soft Skills)
  • Project Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Quality Compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Field Execution (Hard Skills)
  • Water Management (Hard Skills)

26. Hydrologist, Gulf South Environmental Consulting, Lafayette, LA

Job Summary: 

  • Coordinating with UDCE and urban Development team for planning and design development
  • Develop plans for water sources and water efficiency programs
  • Develop strategic planning for water supply, sewerage and drainage systems
  • Perform hydrology and hydraulic calculations on a variety of water resources-related projects
  • Perform complex hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, GIS mapping, flood forecasting, flood risk assessment, flood modelling, flood management, urban water management, drainage design, sewer network modelling, climate change flood impact studies, and integrated water management
  • Analyse topography, geology and hydrology of the study area, monitor local water table and water quality
  • Perform water demand, sewage generation and irrigation demand calculations
  • Prepare reports and presentations for water management studies, hydrology and any other water sector-related projects
  • Provide technical direction and supervision to CAD designers


Skills on Resume: 

  • Urban Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Water Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Strategic Design (Hard Skills)
  • Hydro Calculations (Hard Skills)
  • Flood Modeling (Hard Skills)
  • Site Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Demand Estimation (Hard Skills)
  • Technical Supervision (Soft Skills)